JAVA CORRUPTED/MISINSTALLED

My games were all working fine. All of a sudden cannot access any games. keep getting error java corrupted/misinstalled. really don't know anything about java. Called Aol, no results. had internet explorer 5.0 upgrated to 6.0 hoping that would fix. still a problem. Please help at the end of my rope. Have been downloading java stuff but nothing helps. pullin out my hair! any help would be appreciated.Susan

[417 byte] By [vanr0] at [2007-9-27 18:11:30]
# 1
Which OS? Assuming Windows....Start | Settings | Control Panel | Add/Remove Programs.Remove all Java installations.Then install the same JRE as you had before.BTW What changes to your system did you make just before everything stopped working?
YATArchivist at 2007-7-6 14:37:42 > top of Java-index,Other Topics,Java Game Development...
# 2

yeah i had some problems with IE when i upgraded to 1.4 and then upgraded some microsoft stuff. Seems like new Microsoft stuff keep screwing up any existing java installs

uninstall java, and you may have to search through the windows registry manually search for any java references and delete them. then reinstall java as the last task in your sequences of upgrades

radix_zero at 2007-7-6 14:37:42 > top of Java-index,Other Topics,Java Game Development...
# 3
I think it was when i put a virus guard on my computer, but not really sure. It is the Vshield. My operating system is window 98.
vanr0 at 2007-7-6 14:37:42 > top of Java-index,Other Topics,Java Game Development...
# 4

Just wanted to make sure this is correct go into find files java and delete everything then download the Java from this website and it will fix? i tried taking all java's out of add or remove the software from control panel and downloaded this one again. but if there is more than one on the website maybe i downloaded the wrong one. As you can see i'm really stupid at this. Thank you both so much for replying to my problem.

vanr0 at 2007-7-6 14:37:42 > top of Java-index,Other Topics,Java Game Development...
# 5
went into control panel add/remove progams, uninstalled all java progams. downloaded jre and installed still not working
vanr0 at 2007-7-6 14:37:42 > top of Java-index,Other Topics,Java Game Development...